Syruper.



A. R. THOMPSON.

SYRUPER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30.191# l 1,147,346. Patented July 20,' 1915.

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SYRUPER.

APPLICATION FILED NOVJJO. 19]"1- 1,147,346., Patented July 20,1915.

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SCM www Afrox/ver' broken detail view them in position a can being fed enanas ravira enne-'ien ALBERT B.. THQMPSON, CDF4 SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA., ASSIGNOB. T0 .ANDERSON- BBNGRYER CQ., 0F SN JOSE, CALIFGRNIA, A CORPRATION mi!"A SYBUPE..

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented July 20, 1945.

Application tiled November 30, 1914. Serial N o. 874,647.

ers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of syrupers.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective machine for supplying containers in continuous succession with syrup, and especially for furnishing fruitlilled cans with the proper amount of syrup in cleanly fashion and without waste.

T o this end my invention consists inthe novel machine and in the various combinations, arrangements, and construction of its several parts, and operative mechanisms, which I shall now fully describe by reference to the accompanying which i Figure 1 is a vertical central section of my syruper, onthe line :2e-a. of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, broken. Fig. 3 is a plan view on the line g/-jy of Fig. 1, showing the cam-tracks. Fig. 4 isa side view, broken, of the stand, and the gearing and other parts carried thereby. Fig. 5 is a detail of the switch-operating lever. Fig.

6 is a detail view on the line 'a-e of Fig. 2,

showing the can-lling position of the can-- Fig. 'Zv is a table, can-cap and filling ladle.

of the front of the lling ladle, showing its' adjustable wall. Fig. 8 is adetail view enlarged, of the filling ladle `and cap, and the can-table, showing for receiving or discharging a can, Fig. 9 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 10 is a section on the line 'w-fw of Fig. 8. Fig. 11 is a detail view showing to the table. Fig. 12 lis a plan of the same. Fig. 13 is an elevation of the saine. Fig. 14 is a showing the operation of the switch-lever by a can.

1 is a stand, the top 2 of which is a panlikestructure, having a hub 3, which supports the vrotatable superstructurm' the main orcentral element of which is the syrup-- vsupply tank 4. Rotation is imparted by a shaft 5 secured to the tank 4and 3 of the stand top 2.

vertical journaled in the hub f The shaft 5 is stepped below at 6, and said drawings, in

'which perspective detail vertical shaft 39driven by a'pinion 40 on The pinion 40` is engagedl shaft carries a gear 7 with which meshes a' pinion 8 on a short Shaft 9, which latter shaft carries a gear 10 with whichineshes a pinion 11, on a drive shaft 12',- which 4is driven from a pulley 13. "Extending from the tank 4 is a' circumferential flange 14,

.by which is carried an annular series of can-tables or supports. These tables 15, are pivoted to the flange provided with a stem 17 extending below its .pivotal point, the having a roller 17 which'travels in a camtrack 18 carried by the rim 0f the standtop 2.

19 are filling ladles `or dippers. There is one of these for eachcan table The body of the ladle has an open inlet at 20 to admit the syrup when the ladle is submerged, and the hollow neck 21 of each ladle carries and communicates with a filling cap 22, which is adapted to fit -down over the top of the l can 23 and to'be lifted from said can. Each cap 22 is carried and operated by a rod 24 is mounted and lineally movable in the stem 17 of the can-table. The stem 17 is slotted at 25, and in this slot plays a stud 26 of the rod 24. Slott d at 2.7 over the stud 26 is one arm of an angle-lever 28, which isl pivoted at 29 to the tank flange 14. The other arm of the angle lever 28 carries a roller 28 which travels in a fixed cam track 30 carried by a hub 31 on theV hub 3 ofthe v l stand top 2.

carried by the' .Sams 17 of th can rabies 15 are the guide arms 32, which lie over said can-tablesl in position to receive and steady a can thereon. Thecans are tables by mechanism as follows, and which is best seen in Fig. 2: 33 is a can-feed table centrally slotted at 34. v Under the table is a conveyer-chain 35, having can-pushers or flights 36 at intervals, which travel upon the table.` The chain is carried by a terminal sprocket indicated at `37 anda driving sprocket 38, the latter being operated by a its lower end. by a bevel pinion 41 on a-shaft 42, the other end of which'carries a bevel pinion 43 which is driven by the gear 7 of the central vertical shaft 5. The can-feed table '33 at its delivervend is so curved or directed toward- 14 at '16, and each is 'v extremity of the 'stem fed to the" i the cantahle, at first 1.1@

. gradually -by that portion of the rail which aoI inclines toward the path of the table and then fully by that portion which is concenes@ wah-'Said pathig. 2).

This feedrail is made adjustable to provide for different slzes of cans. One end of the rail is *pivotally carried on the top of the sprocket a point a little before the place of discharge' of the cans, to a point alittle after the place of feed, say, from -to b, the track is single and vhasa given radius. After Athis latter point, the track is doubled, sayfrom to c, Vthe, outer track continuing on the same ravdius `as before, and the inner track having a shorter radius. The point of divergence of the two tracks is controlled by a switch 49,

` -pivoted at 50. yThisv switch is held to nor. mally close the innertrack, by means of al spring 51 connected with a crank arm 52 of -the'` pivot of the switch. Theswitch swings to close the outer track and open thev inner f track by a can 23 'which'in the courseof its vtravel isadapted to contact. with a lever 53,

.one-end of which lies in the path of the can :and the other endis secured on'a rock shaft "54' which carries an arm 55 connected by a flink, 56 4v vith'jltlie switch crank-arm 52.r At

the polntfc thedouble track converges to a` single one again,` the convergence being controlled by a vswinging tongue 5 7. From the .pointvcgthe cam track rapidly. inclines outwardly 'to the point d; and thence to the point"c, it continues'for a short distance on a curve of: longest radius, whence it again inclines inwardly to.v the point of beginning fat c." In general-terms the effect of this course of thecam track 18 is to hold the can-table 15 horizontalv from a to Y); then by' meansof theinner member of the doubled :track,to tilt the can table outwardly, that 1s,

1 away from the'centerj, from to c; then vfrom c tod to. tilt itinwardly, or toward the'center, vand "frdm. d to 'e to so hold it tilted in# `wardly,'and, finally, 'from'e toa: it returns i the tablefto-a horizontal.'A if, however, a can v'be not -fedgtofa-table, the switch 49 will keep 'the inner member of lthe. track 18 closed, and f b to cltheouter lmember of the' 'then -rom n doubled t ackfwill beeectlve, and the table will not tiiltolltwardly,

"Nowjin' order t0 provide for varying A.the

angle tio-which theAcantables will be tilted,

twente-foaming einem@ .of rpor-r marsan tion of cam-track 18: Nearthe beginning of .the doubling of the track, as shown yat 58,

the track is severed and from thereon' to the free end at 59, said track is not fixed to the stand-top 2 on which its rests, but is free to move thereon..v This severed section from 58 to 59 is pivoted near its beginning, as seen at 58, and at its free end it slidingly overlaps the continuing fixed portion of the track. lin this fixed portion is threaded an adjusting screw 60 which is connected with the free end of the movable section. By opj erating this screw, the entire movable section of the track may be set in or out, that is, toward or from the center, said section turning on its 4pivot at 58".

Referring now to the cam-.track 30 which` controls the rnovernentsof the filling caps 22 to and from the cans, it will be seen from Fig; 3, that from the point f a little before the place of can discharge to the point g, a

little after the place of can feed, the track has a givenradius; from point ,g to point h it rapidly inclines inwardly, and thence it proceeds on a shorter radius to the point z', from which it inclines outwardly' .to the beginning at f. The effect of this .course is that from f to g the filling cap 22 is held above and. free of the can; then from g to h the cap descends to the can, reaching it at the point k; then from ,tto z', the cap is held tightly clamped on the top of the can; and from z' to f the cap rises toits elevated lposition.

In ,order to ,automatically keep the level of the syrup in the supply-tank 4 constant,

there .is a float 61 in said tank. '.ihis Heat, through its stem 62 and a link 63, operates lthe controlling valve 64 in the supply pipe 65, all these partsv being `carried by a bracket 66.

In order to adapt the switch actuating lever 53 for did'erent diameters of cans, said lever is clamped upon its shaft 54, as shown at 67, By relieving the clamp the lever may lll@ be initiallyadjusted to properly place its inner end for contact with such size cans as 'maybe passing through the machine.

norder to adjust the movement of the iillingv caps 22 to different-,heights of cans,

`on top of the vertically'movable rod 24. rllhe adjustable section 70.

caps may, therefore,be set 4farther' down or up on said rods, according as lthe height of the cans may require.

ln orderto vary the capacity of the ladies 19, their front wall 69 may have a vertically Theoperation of the.machine is as -follows -As'one of the can-tables 15 reaches the place of can feed, it is horizontal-and its filling cap 22 lies above the 'can-,top level., so that a can may enter upon the table below the cap. 'At this time, supposing the machine to 'have beenin operation through a said caps are secured by means of clamps 68 previous cycle, the ladle 19'of this'cap has itsfj l charge, of syrup, but the inclination of the -ladleis suchthat its contents .does not flow therefrom At'thissaine 'time a'can 23, fed' by a. pusher'lilght 36 ,of the feed chain 35, and gulded bythe rail 44, is being directed inner'member of the cam-track 18- tothe lroller 17, and 4said'roller"traveling in 'said inner member, tilts the can-table outwardly, the cap '22 beingstill'heldti'ghtly tothe can,

30.l This outward tilting of the can-table elevates the `ladle 19 tosuch fanfanglevthat' 'the syrup.-citain'ee'd in. said' ladle l flows through its hollow 4neck21 '.andjthrough thel fca'p 22 intoandlillsthe can. Then while the cap `is Stili held nightly upon .the top 'ofthe Y can, the roller' 17 traveling in-'th'e outwardly. inclined portion of. 'the' cam-'tracklS from 'ci'- to. d, tilts the table inwardly and' this' move-' ment has the double'eect of .causing the' ezt-1i cess of syrup from the'canL to vrun back through the cap' and; ladle-neck intofthe'A i. ladle, andof causing the ladleitself to dip'4 down into: thesupply tank v5, whereby it ,re-f ceives its charge of syrup. Thenthe roller 17 reaching'the'inwar'dly inclined portion. ofthe cam-track 18 from 'e to *ag vcauses the .can tableA to assume alhorizo'ntal position' 'whereby the can is uprighted. This'move; 40

ment also liftsthe ladlewithits charge of .syrup out of the supplytank- I5. D uring. this same time'the roller 28. 'traveling 1nthe' i outwardly inclined portiOll of thecam track A 3,0 .lifts the. .cap .and ladle. ,'lhe'.A cannow.'l reaches, thel dischargerail 4 8 andfis directed outwardly from the antable 15 .to` and upon *the discharge table 47. Then the vcan table4 15 with its .elevatedcap 22 and itsfc'harged ladle A19 v`proceeds tothe place offeed and the 5o l operation is repeated. f Y

If, by'chance,' a can should vnot be dfed toa table, the lever ,5 3 will notbe operated and A ,the-switch 49 will keep-the inner: member of thrwin the pulley 13 vinto land outl ofac-f tion.

the doubledjpo'rtion offy the camitrack 18 closed, s o-'thatfthe roller 17 will travel in the'a-outer-member of',s'aid'doubledv portlon,2 the ytable will, therefore,no t bev tilted T752 outwardly. The ladle `19 will thusy not be elevated. to pour its 'contents' through :its

6,01.. "71;i`n dica'tes a clutch actuatingdevice` for hllow neck and no .Syrup will be spilled' ;.device'is operatedbyjtherod 72,

andthe lever 73. 4

. ladle carrie rc1-aimiw liquid-supply `rocking the support to cause the ladle to- In a s'yruper, the combination of a tank; a can-support; allling# by said support in communicaf' tion with the can thereon; and means'for dip the'jliquid from the tank and'. pour it info the can, nf to pour back into the ladle a liquid surplus from the'fcan.,y l `2. In ,a s'yruper, the combination of. a;

liquidfsupply't'a'nk; ag. can-support; a cap carriedby said support; 'a filling-ladle Acarrl'ed by-*the cap and communicating therethrough with thel can on the support; andV` -i means for rocking the support `to cause'the' ladle to dip thelliquid from the :tank Aand pour it through the cap .into thejcan.

3. In a syruper, the Acornbifnation ofja I .l 1qu1 d-supply'.tank; a` can-support; a cap .by the roller 28 traveling in' its cam-track ried by the cap ,and communicating therethrough with thej can on the support; and

meansfor rocking the support .tocause the .ladlej" 'to` dip the liquid-from the tank-v and .pourjit through the cap into the can,and,to pour hack' through the'cap intothe-"ladle, a

for rocking thesupport to cause the ladle to dip the liquid-fromthet-ank land pour. y

it through thecapiintothe can; and means for moving therca'p to and from'the c'an'top'.`

liquid-supply tank; a can-support;- a cap carried byZ 'said suppor.t a' .filling-ladlei `car-V .ried 4byfitlle cap and communicating there?- through..with the canon the support.; means 'ool "15'. vIn a .Syri-iper, the combination. of ad 'forrockingftlre support to-cause the-ladlet'dp theli'quid fromthe tank and pour it 'through 'th-ei cap'in'to the can, and to, pour I' back .tuhroughthe cap in to the.ladle,. a' l iquid surplusffromthe can; and means for lower# pouredba'ckfrom 6. In a' s yrupenwth combination of a rotatable liquid-supply;.1tank;' an annular seriesfof tltable can-supports carried by i' d 'surplus has been androtatablewith `said tank-ya llin'gsladle lcarriedby each'ofsaidcan'supprtsin' commu'nicationwith the can gthereon; y:and

means," actuated by 4'the rotation ofthe; can#v tank and pour it into the cans.

support series,"for rocking said supports to cailse the ladles to dip'the liqui'dfrointhe '125 table-liquid-supply tank; `an annularser-ies of tiltable can-supports' carried by and rotatable-with said tank; a filling-ladle vcarried byA each ,of said can supports in communication Withthe can thereon; and means;

actuated by the rotation of the can-support series,`for rocking said supports to cause the ladles todip the liquid from the tank land pour it into'the cans, and to pour back into the ladles a liquidv surpluslrom the cans. v

8.' In a syruper -the combination of a rotatable liquid-supply tank; an annular series of tiltable can-supports carried by and rotatable with said'tank; a cap' carried by each cansupport;"a filling-ladle carried by each cap and communicating therethrough with the can on the support; and means, actuated bythe rotation of the c an-support series, for rocking said supports to cause the ladies to dip the liquid 'from the tank andpour it through the caps into the cans.

9; In a syruper, the combination of a rotatable'liquidenpply tank; an ,annular series oftiltable can-supports ,carried by and l rotatable With said tank; a cap carried by" each can support; a lling-ladle carried by each cap and communicating therethrough.

withv the can on the support; means, actuated by' the rotation of the can-support series, for-rocking Said, supports to cause the ladles to dip the'liquid from the tank and pour it throughthe caps into the cans;

- and means for moving the caps to and from the cans..

11. In a syruper, the vcombination-of a rotatable liquid-supply tank; an annular series of tiltable can-supports carried by and rotatable With said tank; acap carried by each can-support; a filling-ladle' carried by each cap and communicating therethrough with theican on the support; means, actuated by the rotation of the can-support series, for rocking said supports to cause the ladles to dipthe liquid from the tank and pour it through the caps into the cans, and

to pourY back throughv the capsinto the ladles, a liquid surplus from the cans; and means 'for lowering the caps to the cans prior tothe .filling of the can and lifting them therefrom after the surplus lhas been poured back.

.12. 'In a syruper, rotatable 'liquid-supply tank; an annular the combination of a series of can-tables pivotally carried by and rotatable with saidtank9 each tab-le having a stem; a. filling-ladle carried by each table in communication with the can thereon; and a cam-track With which the stemt of the can-tablesengage; to rock the tables to 'cause the ladies to dip ,the liquid from the tank and pour it into the cane..

13. ln a syruper, the combination rotatable liquid-supply an anauir series of can-tables pivotally carried by and rotatable- With said tank, each table having la stem; a filling-ladle carried by each can? table in communication with the can. thereon; and a cam-track 'with which the stems of the can-tables engage, to rock 'the tables to cause the ladlee to dip the liquid from the tank and pour it into the cans, and to pour back into'the ladies a liquid surplus from the cansu 14. In a syruper, the combination. of a lrotatable liquid-supply tank an annular series of can-tables*piyotally carried by and rotatable-With said tank, each table having a stem; a cap carried by each table; a tilling-ladle carried by each cap and communicating therethrough with the can on the table; and a cam-track with' 'which the stems of the can-tables engage to. rock the tables vto cause the ladles dip the liquid from the tank and pour it through the capa into the cans.

'15. ln a syruper; the combination of a rotatable liquid-supply tank; an annular series of can-tables piyotally carried by 'and rotatable with said tank, each table having a stem; a cap carried by each table; a filling-ladle carried by each cap and communieating therethrough with the can onthe table; and a. cam-track with 'which the stems of the can-tables engage to rock the tables, 'to cause the ladies to dip the liquid from the tank and pour it through the caps, into the cans; and to pour back through the caps intothe ladies, a iquid surplus from tac cansn 16. ln rotatable 'liquid-supply tank; an annular series of can-tables pivotally carried by and rotatable with said tank, cach table having as'tem; a cap carried by each table; a filling-ladle carried by each cap andcOmmunicating therethrough with the can on thetable; a canrtrack 1with which the Steins of the can-tables engage to roel? the tables to cause the ladies to dip the liquid om the tank and pour it through the caps into the cans; and means for mor-:ing the caps to and from the cane comprising a red-carrying each cap, a slidable connection of said rod with the canetable., a let-*er 'tc operate said rod and a cam-track with which said lever engages.

17. In 'a sympa-r, the. combination ci? a l @Il a syruper, the combination of a rotatable liquid-supply tank; an annular series ot' can-tables pivotally carried by and rotatable with said tank; each table having a stem; a cap carried by each table; a iillingladle carried by each cap and communicating therethrough with the can on the table; a cam-track With which the stems of the can-tables engage to rock the tables to cause the ladles to dip theV liquid from the tank and pour it through the caps into the cans, and to pour back through the caps into the ladles, a liquid surplus from the cans; and means for. lowering the caps to the cans prior` to the iilling of the can-and lifting them therefrom after the surplus has been poured back, comprising a rod carrying each cap, a slidable connection of said rod With the can-table, a lever to operate said rod and a cam-track with which said lever engages.

1S. In a syruper, the combination of a rotatable liquid-supply tank; an annular series of can-tables pivotally carried by and rotatable with said tank; a lling ladle carried by each can-table in communication with the can thereon; a cam-track adapted to elicect the rocking of the can-tables to cause the ladies to dip the liquid from the tank and pour it into the cans; a switch in said cam-track normally cutting out its effect of filling the cans from the ladles; and means operated by the contact o-the cans tor opening said switch to eiect said filling.

19. In a' syruper, the combination of a rotatable liquid-supply tank; an annular series of cantables pivotally carried by and rotatable with said tank; a filling ladle carried by each can-table in communication with the can thereon; a cani-track adapted to elect the rocking of the can-tables to cause the ladies to dip the liquid from the tank and pour it into the cans; a switch-in said cam-track normally cutting out its effeet of filling the cans from the ladles; 'means operated by the contact of the cans for opening said switch to eect said filling;

different diameters.

20. In a syruper, the lcombination of a rotatable' liquid-supply tank; an annular series of can-tables pivotally carried by and rotatable with said tank, each table having a stem; a llingQladle carried byeach cantable in communication with the can thereon; and a cam-track with which the stems of the can-tables engage to rookv the tables to cause the ladles to dip the liquid from the tank and pour it into the cans, said camtrack having av movable section to provide for varying the angle'to which the can tables are rocked.

21. In a syrupen the combination of a liquid-supply tank; a 4can-table; a cap carried by the can-table; a filling-ladle carried by the cap, said ladle being in communication through said cap with a can on thev table; means for rocking said, table to cause and means -for adjusting said contact means to provide for their operation by cans of' sov 

